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Staging The Stories Of Bangladesh’s Shamed And Forgotten ‘War Heroines’

THEATRE Posted: April 16, 2014 12:51 am

The birangona (Bengali for “brave woman” or “war heroine”) were ordinary Bengalis, hundreds of thousands of them, who were abducted and raped by Pakistani soldiers during the Bangladeshi War of Independence – only to be rejected by their families and communities afterward. Leesa Gazi has used their testimony to create a theatre piece now touring England.

THEATRE Published: 04.14.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 04.14.14

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